1 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The lion dance is a traditional Chinese dance performed on big occasions for good luck and prosperity, as     1     is believed that the lion symbolizes power and wisdom. Also, the lion dance is a way     2     (create) a festive atmosphere and bring happiness.

Chinese lion dances     3     (perform) by two “dancers” in a lion costume. Accompanied by the music of beating drums, lion dancers imitate a lion’s various movements or demonstrate martial arts’ agility (敏捷) ,     4     (depend) on the style.

Before the Han Dynasty, only a few lions had reached the Central Plains from the western area of ancient China due to the Silk Road trade. At that time, people imitated the     5     (appear) and actions of the newly arrived lions in a performance,     6     developed into the lion dance in the Three Kingdoms period and then became popular     7     the rise of Buddhism. In the Tang Dynasty, the lion dance was one of the court dances. After that, the lion dance became a custom during the Spring Festival.

The lion dance is     8     excellent example of Chinese folk culture, which has spread across the world with Chinese immigration. Up to now, overseas Chinese in Europe, America, etc.     9     (establish) many lion dance clubs, performing on Chinese festivals or big occasions,     10     (particular) Chinese New Year.

2 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What does the speaker mainly talk about?

A．His love for the paper piano.

B．His great skill at playing the piano.

C．His experience of playing the piano.

2. Why did the speaker play the paper keyboard at first?

A．He found it was interesting.

B．His family was on a tight budget.

C．He liked playing on pieces of paper.

3. How long did the speaker use the paper keyboard?

A．For about one year.

B．For about four years.

C．For about six years.

4. What did the speaker learn from the old days of playing the paper piano?

A．Being determined.

B．Being confident.

C．Being grateful.

3 . 阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The Guqin, also called Qixianqin, is a seven-stringed Chinese instrument with a history of more than 3000 years. The first character, GU, which means ancient,     1     (add) for classification later on. It has always been viewed as the most popular cultural activity     2     was practiced by rich people in ancient China.

    3     the four honored and cultured skills, Guqin, Chess, Calligraphy and Painting, the Guqin was considered     4     (graceful). Its beautiful melodies helped keep a peaceful mind. The Guqin has a     5     (various) of shapes and types, mainly     6     (tell) apart according to the shape of the body, neck and waist of the instrument. The musical notation (谱) for the Guqin, known as the Jianzi Pu, was created by Cao Rou,     7     Guqin master at the end of the Tang Dynasty. The musical tune of the Guqin is not only beautiful, but also often has a moving story behind it.

In traditional Guqin notations, there is usually an article written     8     (introduce) the story and artistic idea of the piece. It helps musicians better understand the feeling behind the music,     9     (enable) them to play it with the right expression. One of the most famous Guqin songs — “High Mountains and Flowing Water” — tells the story of two true friends Boya and Zhong Ziqi, from which the word “zhī yīn”, meaning a close friend,     10     (original) comes.

4 . Suno stands out by offering full songs custom-tailored choices, making music creation simple and fun for everyone. It’s a glimpse into the future of music, where AI and humans together bring new sounds to life. Here’s how it works:

Entering Prompt (提示词)

*Just type in the description for your song. You can mention the style, feel, instruments, speed and what the song is about. The main thing to remember is that you can’t ask Suno to create something in the style of a particular artist.

AI Composition

*Based on your description, Suno’s AI comes up with a song that has everything: melody, chords, beats, instruments, and even singing.

Downloading and Sharing

*You can download the songs as MP3s, which means you can listen to them anywhere or share them with friends.

*You get a maximum of 50 credits per day, which is enough for ten songs with a free account but you can’t use the songs commercially.

Paid Subscriptions (订阅)

*The Pro plan is $8 a month for 500 songs a day.

*The Premier plan is $24 a month for 2,000 songs a day.

*You can use the songs on YouTube or even uploading them to Spotify or Apple Music.

Copyright and Ownership

You own the songs produced using Suno, as long as you’re its Pro or Premier users. If you’re a free user, Suno says it continues to have ownership of the songs.

But this is different from copyright ownership. As Suno’s FAQ section says: “the availability and scope of copyright protection for content generated using artificial intelligence is a complex and dynamic area of law, which is rapidly developing and varies among countries”.

1. What do we know about Suno according to the passage?

A．It is a music sharing platform.	B．It is an AI music producer.
C．It is a music learning website.	D．It is a music editing application.

2. Which of the following is a proper prompt?

A．“A happy pop song about a vacation with fast piano music and singing.”

B．“The scores of Dune by Hanz Zimmer with bagpipe in heroic style.”

C．“A Pipa song of Fang Jinlong in nostalgic style about Jiangnan.”

D．“Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony with a touch of Chinese music.”

3. What can you do after you create a Suno account?

A．Upload the songs to Apple Music free of charge.

B．Enjoy free music making with no limit on time.

C．Have the copyright and sell the songs online.

D．Download the songs and share on WeChat.

5 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What do we learn about the speaker’s mother?

A．She made a lot of records.

B．She had a varied taste in music.

C．She once worked in the field of music.

2. What kind of music does the speaker hate?

A．Classical music.

B．Country music.

C．Dance music.

3. Who has the biggest influence on the speaker in music?

A．Her mom.

B．Her sister.

C．Her schoolmate.

6 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

With the worldwide celebration of the Chinese New Year, traditional Chinese cultural forms such as the Yingge Dance (Dance of Heroes) and dragon and lion dances have once again attracted widespread attention.

As the Chinese New Year is increasingly celebrated     1     (global), it has brought its traditional celebrations elsewhere and seen people of other countries join the festivities. This Spring Festival, a team of Yingge dancers from South China’s Guangdong Province     2     (invite) to the UK, bringing an exciting performance to London’s Burlington Arcade     3     (celebrate) the Chinese New Year.

Literally     4     (translate) as the “Songs of Heroes” dance, Yingge Dance is an old folk dance     5     originated from the Chaoshan area of South China’s Guangdong Province. Dressed in colorful costumes, performers wave wooden sticks in their hands while     6     (dance) in orderly formations to the music.

Based on the stories of the 108     7     (hero) of Liangshan Mountain from the classic novel Outlaws of the Marsh (《水浒传》), this is     8     folk art combining a variety of forms, from martial arts and Chinese operas to dance.

From a centuries-old art form to a magnum opus (杰作) of Chinese tradition worldwide, the     9     (popular) of Yingge Dance on the streets of London during the Spring Festival was a success     10     terms of traditional Chinese folk art sailing overseas.

7 . Is there a friend of yours who always sings out of tune (曲调) but never realizes it? Don’t be so hard on them — they may have amusia — the inability to tell the difference in tunes.

Apart from singing out of tune, people with amusia may also find it hard to recognize music they’ve heard before without the help of song lyrics. Besides, people who suffer from Amusia can have difficulty in recognizing melodies and a total inability to tell between different musical sounds, according to Live Science. However, people with amusia can recognize common environmental sounds as well as the high and lows sounds in human voices, meaning that this inability can be specially related to music.

In many cases, people who have amusia are born with it, as 46 percent of these individuals’ family members were found to have similar conditions, according to a 2017 study. Brain imaging shows that their brains receive and respond to music pitch (音高) information, but it is not reaching conscious awareness, meaning that the mind can’t understand the information.

Scientists at the University of Otago in New Zealand also think that amusia is related to people’s special processing skills. They invited people with amusia, musicians and students from non-musical backgrounds to perform a task related to spacial imagination. They were asked to decide whether pairs of images are the same object moving around or mirror images.

The result showed that the amusia group made more mistakes than the other two groups. Amusia might be related to the way brain stores information about the high and low sounds in songs, according to the study.

Although those who aren’t confident about their singing skills often say they’re “tune-deaf”, people with amusia only make up about 1.5 percent of the population, as shown in the 2017 study. “Like dyslexics (诵读困难者) can learn how to read, those with amusia should be able to better their ability to recognize tunes if they start early enough,” Isabelle Peretz, a professor of psychology from the University of Montreal in Canada, told Live Science.

1. According to the article, what is the main difficulty faced by people with amusia?

A．Recognizing tunes.	B．Identifying human voices.
C．Understanding song lyrics.	D．Noticing common sounds in nature.

2. What did the 2017 study tell us about amusia?

A．Amusia is common among children.

B．Amusia is a result of brain damage.

C．Many individuals with amusia are born with it.

D．Those who are tune-deaf often suffer from amusia.

3. What did the study by scientists at the University of Otago show?

A．People with amusia have strong spa cial imagination skills.

B．People with amusia struggle to decide the shape of images.

C．Amusia may be affected by one’s level of music education.

D．Amusia may be related to how the brain stores sound information.

4. How can people with amusia improve their musical ability, according to Peretz?

A．Go for medical treatment.	B．Sing frequently with friends.
C．Learn how to read earlier in life.	D．Start to explore and learn music early.

8 . We are often told that there’s no _________ limit when it comes to pursuing our goals, but it’s truly _________ to see someone achieve them later in life-especially if they are 95 years old.

Angela Alvarez is a Cuban-born singer and songwriter who finally _________ her first album in 2021. Now, she has just won the Latin Grammy for Best New Artist.

Growing up surrounded by music, Alvarez once told her father she wanted to become a (an) _________ singer. However, life wasn’t easy for their family then and she had to _________ her dream of pursuing a career in entertainment for decades, but music was always there to keep her company and bring her _________.

With time, her kids had kids, and one of her grandchildren, Carlos Jose Alvarez, _________ found out that his grandma had _________ over 50 songs throughout her life, he knew that something had to be done. He asked her if she would be interested in going to a studio and _________ her songs. “And her answer was ‘Carlos, my dream is to __________ this life knowing that somehow my music would emerge and last.’ And that was the __________,” Carlos said in an interview.

Alvarez’s story __________ caught the attention of actor Andy Garcia, who decided to become the producer and narrator of Miss Angela, a documentary about this amazing woman. “Her story just blew me away. She __________ a generation, perhaps our generation of Cubans,” said the actor.

The dream reached new __________ as she became nominated (被提名) for a Latin Grammy. When she took to the stage to accept her award, she gave an inspiring speech, “To those who have not achieved their dream, I promise, with __________ and love you can achieve it, it’s never too late.”

1.

A．sex

B．age

C．identity

D．race

2.

A．exciting

B．understanding

C．inspiring

D．surprising

3.

A．released

B．searched

C．created

D．increased

4.

A．ambitious

B．unique

C．professional

D．temporary

5.

A．take up

B．get into

C．bring in

D．put aside

6.

A．comfort

B．concept

C．trouble

D．emotion

7.

A．intentionally

B．accidentally

C．actually

D．obviously

8.

A．hidden

B．cited

C．heard

D．written

9.

A．grasping

B．adapting

C．recording

D．polishing

10.

A．leave

B．continue

C．keep

D．bear

11.

A．conclusion

B．peak

C．ending

D．beginning

12.

A．still

B．never

C．ever

D．even

13.

A．defends

B．represents

C．makes

D．strengthens

14.

A．draft

B．insights

C．heights

D．aspect

15.

A．faith

B．trick

C．competence

D．qualification

9 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Tai Hang, a modern-looking neighborhood in Hong Kong, is home to the Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance,a folk art form that    1    (perform)during the Mid-Autumn Festival for over 100 years.    2    started as a way to rid this fishing village of bad luck has become a cultural treasure.

The dragon is about 70 meters long and weighs more than 200 pounds,with its body     3     (wrap) with pearl grass.More than 70,000 incense sticks(香柱)are lit and strung along the dragon’s back and head to make the“fire”of the fire dragon.At the festival,hundreds of people work    4    turn to parade the burning dragon through the streets of Tai Hang.The     5    (strong)man among the group has    6    honor of supporting the 30-kilogram head. Dozens of performers    7    (move)the dragon smoothly up and down through the air attract rounds of cheers and    8    (applaud)from surrounding crowds.

The inheritors of the dragon dance have set up workshops to demonstrate various aspects of the traditional art from the making techniques to    9    (base)dance skills.In June, 2022,the Hong Kong Tai Hang Fire Dragon Museum was opened    10    (inspire)more people to learn more about this traditional dance culture.

10 . When Belquer first joined a team to make a better live music experience for deaf and hard-of-hearing people, he was struck by how they had developed workarounds to enjoy concerts. “What they were doing at the time was holding balloons to feel the vibrations (震动) through their fingers,” Belquer said. He thought the team could make something to help hard-of- hearing people enjoy live music even more with the technology now available.

Belquer, who is also a musician and theater artist, is now the “Chief Vibrational Officer” of Music: Not Impossible, which uses new technology to address social issues like poverty and disability access. His team started by tying vibrating different cell phone motors to bodies, but that didn’t quite work. The vibrations were all the same. Eventually, they worked with engineers to develop a light haptic (触觉的) suit with a total of 24 vibrating plates. There are 20 of them tied to a vest that fits tightly around the body like a hiking backpack, plus one that ties to each wrist and ankle. When you wear the suit, it’s surprising how it feels.

The vibrations are mixed by a haptic DJ who controls the location, frequency and intensity of feeling across the suits, just as a music DJ mixes sounds in an artful way. “What we’re doing is selecting and mixing what we want and send it to different parts of the body,” said the DJ. The haptic suits were just one component of the event. There were American Sign Language interpreters; the music was captioned on a screen on the stage.

The suits are the star attraction. Lily Lipman, who has auditory processing disorder, lit up when asked about her experience. “It’s cool, because I’m never quite sure if I’m hearing what other people are hearing, so it’s amazing to get the music in my body.”

1. What surprised Belquer about people with hearing problems?

A．The way they enjoyed music.

B．The attitude they held to life.

C．The love they had for balloons.

D．The frequency they vibrated fingers.

2. Why did the team’s initial attempt fail?

A．The motors were the same.

B．The vibrations lacked variety.

C．The motors hardly worked.

D．The vibrations were irregular.

3. What did the DJ do?

A．He interpreted the sign language.

B．He captioned the music on stage.

C．He selected suits for the attendees.

D．He helped people feel the music.

4. What does Lily Lipman think of the suit?

A．Comforting.

B．Challenging.

C．Satisfying.

D．Encouraging.